STAFF PROFILE
Distinguished Professor Irene Yarovsky
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399252571
Email:
irene.yarovsky@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Program Leader: Biophysics and Bioengineering
- Research Leader:
Materials Modelling and Simulation group - Postgraduate supervision
Professor Irene Yarovsky on ORCID
Research interests
Theoretical computer simulations of the structure and properties of matter.
Current and recent projects
Life Sciences
Understanding biomolecular interactions of nanoparticles for engineering efficient nanobiomaterials and devices (ARC Discovery project) Theoretical modelling of biomolecular responses to electromagnetic radiation (NHMRC Centre of Excellence: Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR)) Protein self-assembly on surfaces, interfaces and nanoparticles (ARC Discovery project)
Materials
- Theoretical modelling of fundamental molecular mechanisms of biomolecular adsorption to functional surfaces (ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Australian Steel Manufacturing)
- Theoretical modelling study of thin film permeability (ARC Discovery project)
- Environmentally responsive clean coatings (ARC Linkage project)
- New materials for hydrogen storage (ARC Discovery project)
- Modelling novel self-assembling materials
- PhD (Computer Simulation of Hydrophobic solute-ligand interactions), Monash University, 1995
- Master of Science (Applied Mathematics - Distinction), Moscow Institute of Technology, 1985
- Bachelor of Science (Applied Mathematics), Moscow Institute of Technology, 1983
- Xu, W.,Pan, S.,Noble, B.,Lin, Z.,Bhangu, S.,Kim, C.,Chen, J.,Han, Y.,Yarovsky, I.,Caruso, F. (2023). Engineering Flexible Metal-Phenolic Networks with Guest Responsiveness via Intermolecular Interactions In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 62, 1 - 9
- Bhangu, R.,Charchar, P.,Noble, B.,Kim, C.,Pan, S.,Yarovsky, I.,Cavalieri, F.,Caruso, F. (2022). Origins of Structural Elasticity in Metal-Phenolic Networks Probed by Super-Resolution Microscopy and Multiscale Simulations In: ACS Nano, 16, 98 - 110
- Noble, B.,Todorova, N.,Yarovsky, I. (2022). Electromagnetic bioeffects: a multiscale molecular simulation perspective In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, 6327 - 6348
- Najer, A.,Belessiotis-Richards, A.,Kim, H.,Penna, M.,Yarovsky, I., et al, . (2022). Block Length-Dependent Protein Fouling on Poly(2-oxazoline)-Based Polymersomes: Influence on Macrophage Association and Circulation Behavior In: Small, 18, 1 - 12
- Xu, W.,Pan, S.,Noble, B.,Chen, J.,Lin, Z.,Han, Y.,Zhou, J.,Richardson, J.,Yarovsky, I.,Caruso, F. (2022). In press - Site-Selective Coordination Assembly of Dynamic Metal-Phenolic Networks In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, , 1 - 9
- Zanetti-Polzi, L.,Charchar, P.,Yarovsky, I.,Corni, S. (2022). Origins of the pH-Responsive Photoluminescence of Peptide-Functionalized Au Nanoclusters In: ACS Nano, 16, 20129 - 20140
- Pan, S.,Richardson, J.,Christofferson, A.,Besford, Q.,Zheng, T.,Wood, B.,Duan, X.,Fornerod, M.,McConville, C.,Yarovsky, I.,Guldin, S.,Jiang, L.,Caruso, F. (2021). Fluorinated Metal–Organic Coatings with Selective Wettability In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 9972 - 9981
- Zhou, J.,Penna, M.,Lin, Z.,Han, Y.,Lafleur, R.,Qu, Y.,Richardson, J.,Yarovsky, I.,Jokerst, J.,Caruso, F. (2021). Robust and Versatile Coatings Engineered via Simultaneous Covalent and Noncovalent Interactions In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 60, 20225 - 20230
- Perera, P.,Todorova, N.,Vilagosh, Z.,Bazaka, O.,Nguyen, T.,Bazaka, K.,Crawford, R.,Croft, R.,Yarovsky, I.,Ivanova, E. (2021). Translocation of silica nanospheres through giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) induced by a high frequency electromagnetic field In: RSC Advances, 11, 31408 - 31420
- Nele, V.,Holme, M.,Rashid, M.,Barriga, H.,Le, T.,Thomas, M.,Doutch, J.,Yarovsky, I.,Stevens, M. (2021). Design of Lipid-Based Nanocarriers via Cation Modulation of Ethanol-Interdigitated Lipid Membranes In: Langmuir, 37, 11909 - 11921
- Surface ligation of nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Funded by: ARC-Discovery Projects from (2023 to 2026)
- Pathogenic membranes as therapeutic drug targets (externally led by Monash University). Funded by: NHMRC-Ideas Grants from (2022 to 2026)
- Steel Research Hub (Project 2.1.1C: Computational modelling of molecular mechanisms determining surface properties of functional coatings). Funded by: BlueScope Steel Contract from (2022 to 2025)
- ARC Research Hub for Australian Steel Innovation (IH20 Round) - Participation Agreement (Administered by University of Wollongong). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub via other University Grant 2019 onward from (2021 to 2026)
- (PEPSA-MATE) Nanopeptides and Nanosaccharides for advanced materials (Administered by Universita Degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata). Funded by: Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie RISE from (2020 to 2025)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
1 PhD Current Supervisions12 PhD Completions and 4 Masters by Research Completions
Computational modelling of materials and theoretical materials design: biomolecular systems (peptides, proteins, drugs, membranes), industrial materials (coatings, minerals, energy materials), nanostructures and bio-nanotechnology applications.